Fort Risenkids

Jeff is the master fort builder. The last fort he built for the kids covered both of their bedrooms and as great as that was, I couldn't get to Ammon's crib. That part was removed by me and very few were super thrilled about it. The kids asked Jeff again a few weeks ago to build another fort. Of course they all wanted to be a part of the process..........that was short lived and the kids were banished elsewhere til the job was done. :) Here's the results of 'more than enough blankets for our oven climate' and 'the clip stash of an accountant'

The entrance is down.....had to crawl under the video rockers to get in. This was quickly changed (again by me) because I wanted to walk down the hallway without getting a complex about my weight.......suck it in! :) We took down one of the video rockers then turned the other sideways to fit in the doorway.

Jeff in the 'library' - each of the kids had their own 'room'
Notice to the left of the photo, there is a random BYU looking sleeve......we have 4 snuggies which turns out the arm holes make great a/c and kept it nice and cool especially with 3 kids playing in there all the time.

 Ammon was too slow and now Lea is on her way in. He wasn't so sure he wanted to go into that dungeon.

 Abbey's 'room' was on her bed - lucky girl!

 Of course we have to pose like......who knows.

 getting books from the library

 bringing in the bedding to sleep

 looks a smidge evil, but look at that drool! cute huh?

 Jeff on his way out

 And to what do we owe the pleasure of this fort in the living room.........

 to keep this guy out of the other fort and pulling it down - a baby fort. :)

The sounds of silence.

The fort has thus been removed - things were getting lost and items not being put away. Plus it's really hard to discipline when you have to crawl in........just doesn't have the same effect.

Sweet rewards

 I teach the 6 turning 7 year old kids at church - CTR 6B (CTR for Choose the Right, 6 because of how old they are, and 'B' because we are the second class - there are 14 kids and it was wisely decided to split into 2 classes) I have 6 kids - all amazing! I challenged them back in April (the Bishopric had challenged our ward to learn them in a month) to memorize the Articles of Faith (there are 13!). They had to memorize at least 6 in 6 weeks and if they did, I would host an ice cream party. And because they had to, I did too. Couldn't very well show up if I hadn't done the work now could I?? So my family got to work on memorizing at least 6. I'm very proud of each of them and grateful to teach them.

 Lucas got to join the party and was so happy to play with Austin - sometimes the girls overwhelm our home and he gets a left out.

Austin, Sam, Kirsten - good job!

Next challenge is to memorize the rest and we get a pizza party when school starts in Aug! I'd better get to work.

cue the theme song....

 The duels started before we ever delivered the invites - crime does not wait. haha

 Darth Vader vs Luke Skywalker

 Princess Lea vs. Yoda/Darth

 Yoda couldn't decide if she wanted to be good or bad.....

And this is how we delivered the invites - although Darth Vader stayed home, he would come back though. The bad guys always do.

LET THE PARTY BEGIN:

The party even started when some of the boys woke up. I saw two of them at breakfast at the school - one already dressed as a jedi and the other's mom asked if he could wear a costume - PERFECT! I love it!

 A Clone Trooper (I asked if he was a storm trooper and was quickly corrected that he was a CLONE, oh....sorry) :) a Jedi, Yoda and Luke answered the door - grab a light-saber.

 After popping several balloons and wanting to go inside............(cue the evil theme music).....DARTH VADER! ATTACK! They had water balloons and noodle sabers to fight him and save Princess Lea who was at the top of the slide.

 Got him!!

 Boston the Clone Trooper came over to make sure he was dead and stabbed him with the light saber....haha!

 Off to save the Princess and Darth Vader came back to life!!!

 Food break

 The girls were banished to the craft table for lunch - one was less than thrilled.....

 Light Saber cupcakes and our own bobble head Luke.

 Lots of fun gifts - I asked him which was his favorite and he said 'All of them!'

 For whatever reason, Risenmay boys are entertaining to little kids - especially when they pretend to be dead then 'wake up' and yell at them. :) Boston kept asking him to do the yelling thing over and over.

 Trying to get to the dart guns to try them out.

 Boston, Cooper, Lucas, Bowen, Logan, Mason

 Boston wanted to fight, so fight they did. He's laughing really, he is.

 SOCKS!!!! (after throwing out all of the socks he currently owned, he said 'I will wear these socks every day!)

a new backpack - ready for school and any road trips

 another dart gun and cool glasses

 Only the son of an accountant and statistician would be excited about a calculator!

'nuff said

Happy 5th birthday Lucas! Love ya!